PALGHAR: A couple committed suicide by consuming
poison at Wada taluka in
Maharashtra's
Palghar district, police said on Friday.
Vasai residents Nitin Sanju Guzad (22) and Yojana Ananta Pardhi (17) were found lying dead near a river in Keltan village of Wada taluka on Wednesday, an official said.
The bodies were shifted to a government hospital for post-mortem, following which the police registered a case of accidental death, he said.
The initial probe has revealed that Guzad was married with two children and was in love with the teenager, which led to frequent quarrels with his wife, the official said.
The duo allegedly left their respective homes on Wednesday, travelled to Wada and committed suicide by ingesting poison, he added.